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Essendon vs Carlton

Scoreboard | Match statistics

Round: 1   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Mon, 31-03-1997 2:10 pm   Crowd: 82,363  
Essendon 5.2.327.6.4813.8.8616.10.106 C:  Kevin Sheedy
Carlton 2.2.147.6.4810.8.6815.9.99 C:  David Parkin
  ESS by 18Scores levelESS by 18ESS by 7  
Brownlow Medal 3 Dustin Fletcher (ESS)2 James Hird (ESS)1 Dean Rice (CARL)

Match stats

Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
27 Alessio, Steven 5 2 8 13 0 0 11 0 0 2 25y 143d 70 76
16 Barnard, Paul 9 4 4 13 0 1 0 0 1 4 24y 46d 27 7
20 Berbakov, Peter 7 4 5 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 23y 221d 18 4
32 Blumfield, Justin 7 2 6 13 0 0 0 1 1 0 19y 127d 11 3
14 Calthorpe, David 10 5 9 19 1 0 0 3 0 2 23y 226d 64 42
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che 10 4 3 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 22y 26d 55 81
7 Daniher, Chris 5 2 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 31y 0d 108 36
38 Denham, Sean 8 3 9 17 0 0 0 2 1 2 27y 336d 138 54
31 Fletcher, Dustin 19 10 5 24 0 0 1 0 1 1 21y 328d 76 22
5 Hird, James 19 10 6 25 4 0 2 3 0 1 24y 55d 89 153
13 Long, Michael 7 0 9 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 27y 181d 127 100
25 Lucas, Scott 8 5 3 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 19y 91d 15 12
2 Mercuri, Mark 13 4 9 22 1 1 1 2 0 1 23y 38d 80 116
24 Misiti, Joe 10 3 7 17 0 0 0 1 1 1 22y 142d 86 37
3 O'Connor, Ryan 5 2 4 9 2 1 1 1 0 1 22y 277d 34 29
10 O'Donnell, Gary 13 2 4 17 1 0 0 2 0 0 31y 323d 207 78
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky 11 2 4 15 0 0 0 2 2 0 24y 58d 46 10
15 Prior, Michael 16 5 3 19 0 0 0 1 1 0 23y 206d 26 5
12 Symons, Michael 9 3 6 15 0 0 0 2 2 1 25y 196d 78 75
21 Wallis, Dean 5 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 27y 216d 76 29
6 Wellman, Sean 10 5 4 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 22y 192d 44 9
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 206 79 113 319 16 10 18 22 12 19 24y 163d 1475 978
Carlton Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
24 Allan, Matthew 8 5 6 14 0 0 15 2 1 1 22y 33d 35 10
21 Bradley, Craig 11 2 9 20 0 1 0 1 0 2 33y 159d 246 183
16 Camporeale, Scott 9 4 4 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 21y 232d 48 33
39 Christou, Ang 20 5 3 23 0 0 1 2 1 0 25y 74d 98 17
6 Clape, Matt 10 6 11 21 3 1 0 2 0 1 27y 307d 70 58
34 De Iulio, Ron 13 3 4 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 24y 350d 62 52
35 Dean, Peter 5 2 5 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 32y 22d 216 29
36 Hamill, Aaron 6 2 3 9 1 0 0 4 1 1 19y 223d 5 2
13 Hanna, Mil 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 30y 360d 183 81
43 Koutoufides, Anthony 10 6 5 15 2 2 2 1 3 1 24y 72d 86 57
22 Manton, Glenn 5 5 6 11 0 1 0 4 2 0 23y 303d 58 13
31 McGuane, Mick 8 4 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 29y 92d 153 129
5 McKay, Andrew 12 5 10 22 0 0 1 2 1 1 26y 260d 87 16
18 Murphy, Justin 11 7 7 18 0 0 0 3 0 0 20y 341d 29 28
27 O'Sullivan, Luke 3 1 3 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 29y 3d 48 46
7 Ratten, Brett 11 2 6 17 0 0 0 1 1 2 25y 263d 122 30
23 Rice, Dean 15 7 6 21 1 0 0 2 2 1 29y 14d 144 69
14 Sexton, Michael 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 26y 26d 131 11
32 Whitehead, Adrian 5 1 7 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 21y 218d 50 10
8 Whitnall, Lance 11 9 1 12 4 1 2 0 0 0 17y 220d 1 4
2 Williams, Greg 15 3 11 26 1 0 0 1 3 0 33y 182d 238 207
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 194 82 111 305 15 9 22 33 19 12 25y 353d 2110 1085

Match highlights

82,363 attended Essendon vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Michael Long kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Essendon vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Lance Whitnall debuted for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.